After issuing a written statement on the drug test abnormality that has caused UFC 232 to shift from Las Vegas to Los Angeles at the last minute, Jon Jones took to social media to apologize directly to fans.

During an Instagram live on Sunday night, the former UFC light heavyweight champion and Union-Endicott graduate was clear in saying that he wasn’t to blame for what happened in a situation that “is completely out of my control.”

Jones, however, said he still felt for the fans who had made plans to attend the event in Vegas and that he was “sincerely sorry.”

“Today has been a hell of a day, a hell of a day,” Jones said. “Big shock to us all. Spent tears today, because I can feel the frustration of the fans. And I’m going to do what I can to try to make it right for at least some of you guys. I’ve already taken care of some flights and some tickets for people, so I’m doing what I can to make this right.”

Jones (22-1 MMA, 16-1 UFC) fights Alexander Gustafsson (18-4 MMA, 10-4 UFC) for the light heavyweight title in the headliner of Saturday’s UFC 232, which is now set to take place at The Forum in Inglewood, California.

UFC 232 was originally set to take place at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, but an “atypical finding” on a test conducted Dec. 9 prevented Jones from being licensed by the Nevada State Athletic Commission on such short notice. The commission then allowed Jones to withdraw his fight license application so he could apply in California.

The test found a trace amount of chlorodehydromethyltestosterone (DHCMT), or turinabol — the same substance that led to Jones’ recent 15-month suspension from a failed 2017 test, which also caused a title-winning UFC 214 victory over Daniel Cormier to be overturned and the belt to be returned to Cormier.

UFC Vice President of Athlete Health and Performance Jeff Novitzky, however, has said that the levels of the substance are at “picogram level” and that Jones isn’t technically in violation of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Novitzky said the USADA, in consultation with other organizations, believes the test stems from a “pulsing” effect from his previous test, rather than a new ingestion of the substance.

“A picogram is a one-trillionth of a gram,” Novitzky said. “If you put one grain of salt on the table and split it up into 50 million pieces, a picogram is one of those pieces of that gram of salt. These levels have shown up in the single and double digits of picograms — so such a small amount.”

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UFC President Dana White, who hasn’t been one to shy away from criticism directed toward the UFC’s former champion in the past, also has come to Jones’ defense. White said the promotion wouldn’t have kept the headliner if the parties involved didn’t fully believe that there was no wrongdoing on Jones’ end.

Saturday’s headliner with Gustafsson is a rematch of a UFC 165 meeting in September 2013, which Jones won via unanimous decision to defend his title. The winner will become the 205-pound champion, and two-division champ Cormier — who predictably had some thoughts on Jones’ situation — will be stripped of the belt.